Liverpool miss Becker and Jota against Manchester City
The absence of Brazilian goalkeeper Alison Becker and Portuguese striker Diogo Jota from the Liverpool team was confirmed during the match against Manchester City in the Charity Shield match, which takes place on Saturday.
The two were injured during Liverpool's preparation for the new season, and neither of them will be able to play the match at King Power Stadium, the stronghold of Leicester City.
Alisson Becker appears available to play sooner than Jota, having resumed training after recovering from an abdominal injury, but the Brazilian is targeting the opening game of the new Premier League season against Fulham next August.
Jota has been out of action for a long time due to a hamstring injury and has not yet participated with the team in its training camp, currently in Austria.
And the British news agency (BA Media) quoted German Juergen Klopp, coach of Liverpool, who said in a press conference today, Thursday, “Alison participated in today’s training for more time than the day before, so he will certainly be available to participate in the Fulham game, but not in the Manchester meeting. City".
"Diogo is not here with us, so how can he play a football match? It will take some time, unfortunately," Klopp added.
Due to the early start to the season this year, Klopp admitted that he didn't have enough time in pre-season to do all the work he wanted, and for that reason, the Reds will play another friendly the day after the Charity Shield match, and is awaiting another match after Facing Fulham.
"We have to extend the pre-season, if you wish, even after the start of the new season," Klopp revealed.
"We play on Saturday against Manchester City and play a friendly match on Sunday against Strasbourg, France. Then Fulham and the next day we play another match," the German coach indicated.
Nevertheless, Klopp hopes that his team, who won the FA Cup last season, will be able to reach the required readiness the day after tomorrow against City, the team that won the Premier League title last season by just one point ahead of its closest rivals Liverpool.
Klopp concluded his speech by saying: "It is a very important meeting. We have played this (final) many times and it would be great to win it. It is the last domestic championship we have not won yet, so we will try to win it."
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